Milan Badelj is a professional Croatian football player who plays a midfielder for Croatia national team and is the captain of Italian professional football club, Fiorentina.
He has also played for Croatian football clubs such as Dinamo Zagreb and Lokomotiva as well as German football club, Hamburger SV. Milan has also played for Croatia in their youth teams and made his senior debut for Croatia in 2010.
Milan Badeji was born on 25 February 1989 in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia. He is of Croatian nationality.
He was interested in playing football since his early childhood days and played at the junior teams of Croatian clubs such as Ponikve, NK Zagreb, and Dinamo Zagreb.
His annual salary is around € 3.6 million with a weekly salary of around € 71,000 which he receives from playing for his club, Fiorentina and has a market worth in the range of € 15 million as of June 2018.
Looking at his professional football career, his net worth is estimated to be around $5 million.
After playing for the junior team of Dinamo Zagreb, he joined the main team in 2007 and made his main team debut against Linfield during the Champions League qualifier in 2008.
He was the part of the successful team that went on to win the Croatian First League multiple seasons, Croatian Cup in several occasions and Croatian Super cup in 2010.
The Croatian midfielder was transferred to Lokomotiva as the part of the loan deal from Zagreb for 2007/08 season.
He later joined German football club, Bundesliga club, Hamburger SV in 2012 for a reported transferred fee of €4.5 million.
Milan made his debut against Werder Bremen and scored his first goal against Schalke 04 in November 2012.
He is currently playing for Italian football club, Italian Serie A club, Fiorentina for a transfer fee around €5 million in 2014.
After playing for Croatia in their youth teams, he made his senior international debut for Croatia and scored his first international goal for Croatia against Malta in a UEFA Euro 2012 Qualifiers.
He was selected for UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016 as well as FIFA World Cup 2014 and as of June 2018, he has been included along with players such as defender, Dejan Lovren, and midfielder, Marko Pjaca for Croatian 23 men squad led by the captain, Luka Modric for the 2018 FIFA World at Russia.
Currently, 29, the Croatian midfielder, Milan Badelj stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inches tall. Talking about his personal life, he is in a relationship with his girlfriend, Martina, who is a student at the Zagreb Academy of Music. The couple is enjoying a blissful and happy life with no signs of separation.
